BANKSIA. 
ture, require a great deal of moist- 
ure, the saucers in which the pots 
stand may be kept constantly full 
of water; but this water should be 
changedevery day. Balsamsgene- 
rally ripen seeds, even from the 
double flowers, and thus numerous 
varieties are raised. When there is 
any difficulty in raising the plants, 
new seeds should be used; but 
though the plants raised from seeds 
ripened the same year will be very | 
robust, the flowers will be generally | 
single, and their colours neither | 
bright nor distinct. Careful grow- 
ers of Balsams who wish to raise 
prize flowers, never use seeds of less | 
than three years old; and they are | 
particular in saving it from the. 
most double, and handsomest flow- 
ers; the best being those which | 
have their colours distinctly marked, 
like a Carnation. ‘The more choice 
varieties may be preserved by cut- | 
tings, which root readily in sand | 
kept moist below, but dry at top, | 
and covered witha bell-glass. The 
seed-pots of Balsaminia, and those 
of Impatiens, or Touch-me-not, open 
with a jerk when touched, so as to 
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BARK. 
in a mixture of sandy peat and 
loam, with the pots well drained; 
and cuttings of the young wood 
root with some difficulty in sand 
under a bell-glass, with a slight 
bottom-heat. 
Bapti'sta — Legumindse. — Her- 
baceous pea-flowered plants, from 
North America, of vigorous growth 
and rather elegant appearance; of 
which one species, B. austrlis, well 
deserves a place in collections. 
‘They may be grown in the open air 
in common soil, and may be propa- 
gated by division of the root. 
Barsapors Currry.—See Mat- 
PI'GHIA. 
Barpaboes Gooseserry. — See 
Pere'sKIA. 
Barea Jovis.—A species of An- 
thyllis. 
Barba\rea.—Crucifere.—Peren- 
nial plants, of which B. vulgaris 
Sficre-pléno, the double yellow Roc- 
ket, is worthy of culture. It is 
propagated either by cuttings or di- 
vision of the root, in common soil. 
Barserry.—see Be'rerris. 
Bark.—The refuse bark which 
throw the seeds to a distance. 
Bameoo.—See Bampu'sa. 
Bampu'sa—Graminee.—A rapid | 
growing stove-plant, which has a| 
noble appearance where there is | 
abundance of room. There are| 
some species so hardy as to stand 
the open air in the island of Jersey ; 
and one of these, B. nigra, will 
thrive in a greenhouse or against a 
conservatory wall, in the climate of 
London. The sBamboos should be | 
grown in loamy soil, and they are | 
increased by offsets. 
Bana‘na.—See Mu'sa. 
Ba'nxsta. — Protedcea. — Ever- 
green New Holland shrubs, with) 
curicus fiowers, resembling a kind | 
of brush, but generally more re- | 
markable for the beauty of their 
Jeaves, which are curiously notched 
and cut. All the species grow well 
| has been used for tanning leather, 
|and which produces considerable 
|heat by its fermentation. When 
obtained from the tannery it is gene- 
rally soaked in water, and then 
spread out in an open shed, and 
turned over several times; after 
this, it is laid in a ridge or heap, 
and when it has begun to heat, it 
is again turned over once or twice, 
when it is fit to be put into the bark- 
bed. In this bed er pit it continues 
to ferment, and gives out heat for 
several months ; and when the heat 
begins to decline, fresh bark is add- 
ed from the reserve stock in the 
shed. ‘The bark-bed may be of any 
dimensions in regard of length and 
width, but it should seldom be more 
than two feet in depth, to prevent 
an excess of heat. The plants in 
pots are generally plunged in it, at 
first to half the depth of the pot, 
